Antonio and Shylock: Monsters at Stage Left Studio

Riveting performer Dikran Tulaine (G.I. Joe: Retaliation) examines one of Shakespeare's most controversial plays through the lens of a major modern-day trial and subsequent media frenzy. Scholars throughout the centuries have fiercely debated Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice due to its anti-Semitic portrayal of the villainous Shylock and the ambiguous sexual preference of Antonio, who is willing trade a pound of his own flesh to the merchant to save his friend Bassanio. As the deal for Antonio's flesh unfolds in Antonio and Shylock: Monsters and the trial ensues, videographers greedily capture the action over two live feeds, zooming in on the drama's implicit anti-gay and anti-Jewish bigotry and reinforcing the timeless relevancy of this centuries-old tale with crackling new urgency.